Spring is finally here! April truly is my favorite month of the year here in Lake Norman. All of our trees turn the most brilliant shades of green, flowers abound and our Carolina Blue Skies and sunshine give me such a boost of energy. While I love Lake Norman, I also enjoy driving out into the farmlands where you will see fields of yellow like this one above as mustard and various crops start to take over the rolling red soil fields.

This gorgeous photo was taken by renowned artist Cotton Ketchie, owner of Mooresville’sLandmark Galleries, who spends much of his time driving all over North Carolina and even summer trips around the country, taking stunning photos. And, of course, he also takes some amazing photos of Lake Norman as well. If you haven’t visited his store on Main Street in Historic Downtown Mooresville you should put it on your list for 2014! He has myriad beautiful photographs like this one for sale as well as his wonderful watercolors and even North Carolina pottery.

To make your desktop calendar just click on the link above and then right click and select “set as background”. This is a copyrighted photo so please understand that I can not send you a copy of this photo without the calendar. Thank you!

I would love to use one of your favorite photos depicting life here in Lake Norman. (Optimum size is a landscape photo about 2MB or about 1600 x 1200 pixels). I will give a $25 Gas Card to anyone who provides a photo that I use as one of my monthly calendars. If you’d like to submit a photo or an idea for a future calendar, please send it to…diane@dianeaurit.com